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So is Japan still going to be shutting down all remaining nuclear plants? Or is that now cancelled? I understand the fear around nuclear but there aren't curren
by aftbit 3y ago
So is Japan still going to be shutting down all remaining nuclear plants? Or is that now cancelled? I understand the fear around nuclear but there aren't currently any other good sources of renewable base-load power, at least once your country's hydro resources are fully tapped.
- rjh29 3y agoWe might see it come back. After Fukushima support for nuclear energy was 30%, but this has increased to 50-60%. Japan is importing large amounts of energy from overseas and electricity bills are high in an already tight economy.
- oyashirochama 3y agoTOMEC was authorized to raise country wide prices by up to 40% as necessary, due to Yen spiral and overall energy economy being trashed.
- rjh29 3y agoThe UK rise was more like 350% post Ukraine war, so that doesn't seem too bad.
- idiotsecant 3y ago>at least once your country's hydro resources are fully tapped. Which is not the case almost anywhere.
- monsecchris 3y agoHydro is the most commercially viable, so if you have a few locations in mind please do share as I would like to begin investing.
- idiotsecant 3y agoI could give you dozens in my corner of the country alone. I am in fact an engineer who specializes in control systems for hydroelectric plants so you could imagine I have a passing interest in the subject. New hydro is practically impossible to build not because we're out of suitable sites, but because permitting is a political impossibility.
- aftbit 3y agoThere are other environmental and practical concerns with hydro. Building the required reservoir destroys a lot of habitat. You can't site them just anywhere you want, but are beholden to local topography. Power production competes with other human and natural uses for limited water resources. Dams make a heck of a target for an enemy military as well. Hydro is great reliable simple baseload power, but not perfect.